HL Deb 11 February 1988 vol 493 c396WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether it is their view that the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty should be open to signature by states other than the United States and the Soviet Union, and if not why not.

Lord Glenarthur

Opening these treaties for signature would be unlikely to have a significant effect on the level of nuclear testing. The United Kingdom already observes the thresholds they impose.